Jamie Crawley

Jamie has been part of CoinDesk's news team since February 2021, focusing on breaking news, Bitcoin tech and protocols and crypto VC. He holds BTC, ETH and DOGE.

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Finance

Mesh becomes unicorn, raises $75 million for crypto payments infrastructure

The investment round was led by Dragonfly Capital and included participation from Paradigm, Moderne Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and SBI Investment.

Mesh fence (Pexels/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Standard Chartered says U.S. regional banks most at risk in $500 billion stablecoin shift

The delay of market structure legislation highlights a growing threat to domestic lenders as digital dollars begin to cannibalize traditional bank deposits.

Stablecoin networks (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Crypto money laundering balloons to $82B as Chinese-language services dominate, Chainalysis says

Chinese-language networks now handle a disproportionate share of global crypto money laundering flows, according to a new Chainalysis report.

Money Laundering (Frank van Hulst/Unsplash+/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

BlackRock doubles down on bitcoin fund offerings with income-focused filing

The ETF would actively manage a covered call bitcoin exposure through BlackRock's existing iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), to generate income for investors.

Blackrock

Finance

Bitcoin income windfall drives Metaplanet to revise full-year revenue forecast upward

The company forecasts revenue of over $100 million for FY2026, with 97.5% of projected sales coming from its Bitcoin Income Generation business.

bitcoin price chart (Behnam Norouzi/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Ark Invest bought $21.5 million of crypto company shares as bitcoin fell under $90,000

The purchases of Coinbase, Circle Internet and Bullish were Ark's first buys of the three stocks since mid-December.

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

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Policy

Registered crypto companies must reapply for approval, UK regulator says

The FCA said firms wishing to undertake crypto-related activity will be need to be authorized when a new regime starts in October 2027.

UK FCA (FCA, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Ripple wins UK regulatory approval from Financial Conduct Authority

Ripple has gained FCA registration through its U.K. subsidiary, marking a key regulatory milestone as Britain moves to bring crypto into its financial framework.

A view over the City of London taken over the Thames near Tower Bridge. (Cj / Unsplash+)